The Bonfire is now beginning

[ShawnP]

Welcome!! I have started the fire. We need you to keep this fire burning! The fire will continue til Sunday midnight wherever you may live. This is how to calculate your fuel for the fire. It is your number of days that you are smoke free  multiplied by how many that you used to smoke per day. If you need additional help, contact me. If you don't want to keep getting notifications from this post, click on actions above and uncheck following.

We usually have a standard goal of 1 million but we have exceeded this number by at least double. Let's see what we can do!!!

Feel free to post music, food, funny images. Note that we do have to watch copyright on images. Here is how to search images that aren't copyrighted. Google search, type  ie. food. Then click on images, to the right , click on tools, user rights and you can choose anything BUT not filtered by license. 

In case you don't know how to post videos or images, here are the tutorials.

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For those of you who want to hear the bonfire

[ShawnP]

its better that you don't lol. It's faster to just click on your link. Thats why i just did the same thing.

[shashort]

That's a lot of burned smokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCoP2W4v2v8

[ShawnP]

There are a couple people that i haven't seen but left their numbers with me.

stefanotata1994‌ has 3,920!!!

                   and

Daniela2016‌ has 15,934!!!!

Thank you for your contributions! Wooo hoooo

[shashort]

ShawnP   Hehe just figured it out lol. I will just do links from now on lol.

[ShawnP]

the heat is indeed on!!

[Legend]

shashort   I feel like dancing to this song.

[Legend]

John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy (22 March 1977) - Thank God I'm a Country Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gx97BH5kKo

[Legend]

Remember Jerry Reed is was the best

Jerry Reed - East Bound And Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAEmCuBnck

[Legend]

I’m going to pop some nestle chocolate chip cookie dough in the oven I will be back. It’s that already made cookie dough I am making my grandson some cookies tonight.

[JoAnne5-14-2008]

Hello - as of May 14, 2018, I have been 10 years smoke free,  Loving the smoke free life.  Never looked back

[ShawnP]

i am hungry too, Christine! lol

[ShawnP]

Sooo great to see you! thank you so much!

[tjanddj]

I have 12 more to throw into the fire. Thank you for all the music and games! and the veggies!

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[Legend]

ShawnP   Shawn If you were over here I would make you a plate of them then you could take some home with you and have some later also. 

[Legend]

Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell with Willie Nelson and band (great guitar solo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7emJpn8oUhk

[MarilynH]

I can't wait to hear the total number of unsmoked yuckies that's been tossed into the bonfire I have a feeling the tally is going to be a big one , Mark, Mason and I are going to wish everyone a decent nights sleep tonight with lot's of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's, sleep tight.....

[ShawnP]

Goodnight to you 3

[Giulia]

That child has the most beatific smile.  I hope he keeps it forever.  'Night Marilyn, Mason and  Mark.

Tossing in another 30 cigs to give a little flare to the embers.

Here's a little beach serenade as the party wines - uh winds down...

Nice beach view.   Looks like a storm's coming in.

[Pops]

I am going to throw in another 40 smokes from today!  Thanks for all the people that helped kick this off. Great success.

Pops with 31 days!

[Legend]

Here are 3 more smokes to toss in the fire.

[Legend]

Rod Stewart - Forever Young (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9apksOv6k

[elvan]

Gorgeous view...not so sure I'd sit out there with lightning though.

[Legend]

ShawnP   Shawn thanks for hosting this bonfire I’m getting off now.

[pir8fan]

So great to see you JoAnne!! 10 Years!! Awesome!!!

[Giulia]

It's truly wonderful to see the quitters of yore who came back because they care enough to add to the bonfire statistics.  That shows a true dedication to their quits and love for the site.  (Perhaps love for the site that 'was.'  We sadly lost so many of our family when the site migrated.)  I just wish they were still around to add some of their amazing wisdom.  I learned so much from all of them.  And they were just wonderful people to hang out with on the old site.  

Kudos JoAnne on the 10 years.  Thank you for stopping by and adding your amazing number.   I remember it being a really important milestone for me because of all the happy statistics they throw out on that 10 year milestone.  Whether it's true or not, I liked to think so!   "After 10 years, a person's chances of developing lung cancer and dying from it are roughly cut in half compared with someone who continues to smoke. The likelihood of developing mouth, throat, or pancreatic cancer has significantly reduced."

Be well and stay eternally free!  joanne5-14-2008 

[ShawnP]

I will post the final numbers in the morning. Have a good night!

[bonniebee]

Goodnight all you fantastic Ex'ers and here are my 25 more for today !  

sweet dreams and God bless all of you ! 

love Bonnie Bee

[bonniebee]

Good night  Marilyn and Mason !

[pir8fan]

44 more from me! Good night all! 

Time to focus on the cruise now   !

[Giulia]

I want to thank Shawn for presenting this bonfire.  She is the QUEEN OF THE BONFIRES!  Bar none.  She has more bonfires under her belt than anybody else.  I did ONE bonfire and learned what a true labor of love it is.  For the uninitiated - let me say it takes an enormous amount of time.   It's taking the time to find unique pictures and songs and respond to people throughout the entire time of the bonfire.  And a great deal of the time spent is simply in contacting everybody, old and new, like contacting all those old members (who have the most unsmoked cigarettes to burn)  And although you can copy and paste the "Come to the Bonfire" verbiage on this platform, you have to pass it on one by one by one for hundreds of people.  There is no way to just put a check mark next to people's names (like on the old platform)  and then just send an email en mass.

Shawn - I know the work involved.  It truly grieves me that the majority of responses are from long-term quitters.  I wish that more newbie's had piped up. But I suspect that they simply couldn't figure out how to get here.  

Anyway - big blessings on your head for all the work you'e done.  And here's hoping we achieve a new milestone.

[WLFSRFAMILY]

Yes  thank you very much Shawn for all your hard work here. If it was not foe people like you here I dont know if I would have made it.   Here is a big THANK YOU  TO ALL OF YOU ELDERS.   

[shashort]

Thank you Shawn for all your hard work and efforts it takes to do the bonfire. We greatly appreciate you for all you do here.

[Magstoyou]

Hope I am not too late!!

Jumping in to post 44,225 cigs to throw on the Bonfire!!

Mags

[Posamari]

Stand back all!  Careful of the backdraft ---this is going to be a big one!  Here's 19,915 nasty poisonous cigarettes thrown into the abyss of flames!!!

John Mellencamp - Paper In Fire - YouTube 

[Posamari]

Thank you Shawn for making this happen and all else you do! You  ARE appreciated! 

[misty_dawn]

57, 560 unsmoked ciggies to feed this fire.

That's $20,683 spent somewhere elsewhere in my 2,853 days of freedom.  much love you all! Its been great seeing the old crowd and all the new faces!! 

[c2q]

WoW! What a party I missed! Can these 77,317 nasties still go on the fire? I see it still burning through the night.

[Thomas3.20.2010]

What a lovely bonfire! Thank You Shawn for all of your hard work! I know the huge effort it takes to host this event!

I true Countess!

[MarilynH]

I also want to say a giant Thank you to you Shawn, you are awesome and a total Rock Star XO. ShawnP thanks again my friend and Fellow Exer and most definetly EXtended family, yay and yay again for Smokefree living and yay for each and every Day WON and a Triple YAY for your spectacular Bonfires......

[ShawnP]

2,635,592!!!! is our final count. Thank you!!

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/community/celebrations-events/blog/2018/05/21/final-count-for-the...

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Thanks Shawn